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Palliative care is part of health care!

29 October 2018

  When a person reaches the end-of-life stage we look for ways of making that person’s journey as comfortable as possible. Palliative care provides such support. Read More

New West Coast (South) District Safety Plan to address road safety harms

29 October 2018

An integrated enforcement, education and engineering road safety plan for the southern part of the West Coast District was launched on Friday 26 October 2018 in Morreesburg by the Read More

WC DSD supports fire victims in Overcome Heights

29 October 2018

The Minister of Social Development in the Western Cape, Albert Fritz, conveys his deepest sympathies to those who have been displaced due to a fire that broke out on Thursday 25 October in the Overcome Heights informal settlement in Lavender Hills. Read More

WC Cabinet supports recommendation to dispose of old Conradie Hospital site

26 October 2018

Western Cape Cabinet Supports Recommendation to Dispose of Old Conradie Hospital Site For Better Living Model Development Read More

Matric update and appeal to part-time learners

25 October 2018

Today, National Senior Certificate candidates will be writing Tourism and Information Technology. Tomorrow, they will be writing Mathematics, Mathematics Literacy and Technical Mathematics and Religion Studies. We wish all our candidates the best... Read More

Journey to Service Excellence winners announced

25 October 2018

Gilbert Muchanyara, from Gilbert’s Catering in Hermanus is this year’s Journey to Service Excellence hero. Muchanyara runs a restaurant, takeaway and catering business in Mount Pleasant. Read More

Minister Madikizela to hand over houses in Oudtshoorn and Bitou

23 October 2018

Today, Tuesday 23 October 2018, Western Cape Human Settlements Minister, Bonginkosi Madikizela, will hand over more than 300 houses in Oudtshoorn and visit a construction site in Bitou. Read More

Minister Schafer wishes learners in the WC good luck for the upcoming NSC exams

22 October 2018

For the majority of our NSC candidates, Tuesday marks the start of the 2018 NSC examination period with many candidates across the Western Cape writing their first NSC examination - English Home Language, English First Additional Language and... Read More

Oral History initiative rollout launched in Worcester

22 October 2018

Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Ms Read More

Winde Replaces Plato and Beverley Schafer into the Executive

22 October 2018

Alan Winde as Minister of Community Safety and Beverley Schäfer, MPP, into the Executive Read More

Building team spirit at West Coast BTG

22 October 2018

The Western Cape  Read More

Minister Marais in Mowbray and Overberg for handover

22 October 2018

Tomorrow, 23 October 2018, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Anroux Marais, will present Sport Infrastructure and Facilities Planning Certificates to municipal officials in Mowbray. Read More

Schools to close on 12 December 2018

22 October 2018

The WCED would like to clarify some of the confusion around the closure dates for the 2018 school year. Schools in this Province, as well as all other Provinces, will officially close on the 12th of December 2018. Read More

Independent Media Peddling Lies on Schools Bill

22 October 2018

Independent Media Peddling Lies on Schools Bill Read More

DSD in WC supports fire victims and calls for caution

22 October 2018

The Minister of Social Development in the Western Cape, Albert Fritz, conveys his deepest condolences to the family of Read More

Premier Zille Supports Call to Rename Robben Island Swim After Theodore Yach

19 October 2018

Premier Zille Supports Call to Rename Robben Island Swim After Theodore Yach Read More

WCED HOD : We must together tackle substance abuse in our schools

19 October 2018

Today I received yet another video of learners smoking dagga within school premises. This is becoming a common sight within our schools and cannot be acceptable. We must tackle this head on and I request every school to ensure that they follow the... Read More

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